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November 2003, NEC Cup
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The NEC Cup, a tournament for company workers in the Tokyo area, took
place at the NEC Shukugawara Tennis Court (Kawasaki). At the opening
ceremony, Mitsue Kato from NEC’s head office called on those gathered
to get involved in collecting old tennis balls as part of the company’s
local voluntary activities, known as ‘NEC Make a Difference Day’. |
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*Kamagawa
Lifelong Learning and Information Registration Organization
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group always flies the Ecoflag courtside whenever they play. |
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*21st
Tokai University Open Tennis Tournament
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August – 24 September With singles, doubles and mixed double matches,
the Tokai University Open Tennis Tournament has all the hallmarks of a
professional tennis event with over 20 years of tradition behind it.
Keeping up with times however, the event is turning itself to
addressing modern environmental problems. From this year the Ecoflag is
flying and announcements made to remind the athletes of the important
of protecting the environment in ensuring that the event can continue
for another 20 years. |
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September, Tennis Day/ GSA Staff
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*GSA took
part in this ‘Tennis Day’ event at the Ariake Tennis Mori Park. (The
event is sponsored by the Tennis Day Promotion Association). Setting up
a booth at the event, GSA was collecting old rackets and balls as part
of its ‘reuse’ program.
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*Tennis
Instructors Seminar Sponsored by the Taito Ward Tennis Association
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held at the Riverside Sports Center in Taito Ward with information on
GSA, sports and the environment included as part of the program. |
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Time: 17-24 August
Place: Joetsu Takada Park Tennis Court
Sponsor: Joetsu Tennis Association
The Ecoflag was flying again this year at the Joetsu Open. |
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*Waseda
University Tennis Club 100 Year Anniversaryf
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Waseda University Tennis Club held an anniversary event against an
all-American university team. Waseda put up a good fight and although
the US team won, many of the games went to a tiebreaker. The Ecoflag
was flying around the grounds and was coordinated with an environmental
Ecoflag message delivered to those present. |
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*O'HANA
Festival - GSA Staff
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| GSA Director Isao
Watanabe manages this festival that mixes wheelchair and able-bodied
tennis players. The event is now in its fourth year. |
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*Kita
Kojitani Primary School's class for the hard of hearing Sadaji Fukui
and Himiko Yamada
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become a lot calmer and quieter since fixing tennis balls to the
bottoms of tables and chairs at this school, and is helping to make the
school barrier free for children with hearing difficulties. |
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*Kuraray
Co., Ltd. Tennis Club
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Kuraray Co., Ltd Tennis Club (http://www.kuraray.co.jp/en/index.html)
collects used tennis balls to donate to GSA's recycle program. The
tennis ball recycle scheme is featured in the March edition of the
Kuraray Times. |
| *Gyotoku Primary School, Koriyama city/ Ms. Noriko Minagawa |
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balls to the bottoms of tables and chairs had been reserved to the
classes for hearing-impaired children only, but now the school has
expanded the program to every classroom. The classrooms are now a good
deal quieter and we've had many happy reports from the children. |
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